Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to recover, to rally, to improve, to pick up.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
持ち直す もちなおす
 
持直す もちなおす
 
 
 
 
持ちなおす もちなおす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hold, have
も.つ ジ もち (3rd, N4)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant